elaine

I thought I'd start one, with references to threads not more than a year old
Let me suggest that as on previous superthreads, you not post facts per se, but primarily links to other threads, or outside websites, that provide good information

Inexpensive pubs or restaurants
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34544585

elaine

suggestions for budget hotels
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34546645

help selecting hotel and location
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34546308

suggestions for budget hotels
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34546645

elaine

afternoon tea
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34541593

and

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34498221

and, a little older

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34456840

111op

For newcomers -- Fodors miniguide to London :

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgr...tion=london@91

111op

Economist's city guide

http://www.economist.com/cities/citi...fm?city_id=LDN

Particularly useful is probably the Catch if you can section:

http://www.economist.com/cities/brie...=1&city_id=LDN

(Note: At present Nathan Lane is singing in the "Producers" in London. I didn't know that.)

elaine

I see I already duplicated a thread, above, sorry

More budget hotel threads

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34516460

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34479950

elaine

Victorian-era London
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34458611

elaine

Picnic places in London
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34516100

111op

Eurostar (London/Paris):

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...2&tid=34537380

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...2&tid=34510103

It's been noted that it can be cheaper to pretend that your residence is in the UK when purchasing tickets off the website.

111op

Paris Superthread

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...2&tid=34519236

Perhaps useful info can be gleaned here for day trips to Paris.

elaine

Theatre and concerts

www.whatsonstage.com complete current and future listings, can also order tickets

www.thisislondon.co.uk/ has theatre reviews, also clicks for children's London, museums, clubs, some hotels

www.timeout.com/london/

www.albemarle-london.com/ order tickets, seating charts

www.londontheatre.co.uk/ book tickets , seating charts, reviews, etc

www.coventgardenlife.com/restaurants.asp a map of the theatre area, showing theatre locations

www.playbill.com click on London, can order tickets, get theatre addresses

www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk includes a click to the Globe theatre website.

www.itsagift.ticketmaster.co.uk sometimes theater discounts

www.theatrenow.com theater news, reviews, email, chat, booking service


www.conciergedesk.co.uk

www.keithprowse.com ticket agent

www.ticketmaster.co.uk

www.rsc.org.uk Royal Shakespeare Company

www.sbc.org.uk South Bank Centre

www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

www.barbican.org.uk

www.eno.org English National Opera

www.royalopera.org.uk

www.open-air-theatre.org.uk. Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London NW1 4NP Box Office 207 486 2431 tube: Baker Street Season runs during the summer

summer events and festivals:
BBC Proms, orchestral music at the Royal Albert Hall. www.bbc.co.uk/proms

Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath, open air concerts.
www.picnicconcerts.com

elaine

a week's worth of self-guided walks in London, for history buffs (all eras included), by Ben Haines

http://www.victorianresearch.org/haineswalks.html

isabel

Here are a couple more threads about finding affordable hotels in London:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34543915

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34537042

And here's one about affordable eating in London:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34544591

rj007

111op

Nathan Lane had to pull out of "The Producers" due to injury. He was only scheduled to be there thru early Jan and then go start filming a movie version of the play. I was fortunate to see him on the second night of the production and it was very good. The movie should be good.

Bree

Museums and galleries:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp (National Portrait Gallery)

http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.htm

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

http://www.somerset-house.org.uk/

http://www.iwm.org.uk/ (Imperial War Museum -- all locations, including the Cabinet War Rooms)

http://www.soane.org/

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1208.asp (the Queen's Gallery page)

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/LeightonHouseMuseum/general/ (with link to the Linley Sambourne House)

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Church concert schedules:
http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.or...x.jsp#schedule

http://www.st-james-piccadilly.org/h...rts/index.html

http://www.sjss.org.uk/

And some miscellaneous favorites:

http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/

http://london.walks.com/

http://www.theatremonkey.com/ (theatre listings, including which seats to buy and which to avoid at each theatre)

Christopher Wren churches:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...2&tid=34441312 (this thread is slightly more than a year old, but then, the churches are a lot older than that)

elaine

accommodations in London college/university halls of residence

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34509089

elaine

Public (Bank) Holidays

New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day (first Monday in May), spring and summer bank holidays
(Last Mon. in May, Last Mon. in Aug.), Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26).

elaine

sightseeing info and itineraries for short visits to London

http://www.londontourist.org/time.html

mvor

100 Great Things to do in London

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...2&tid=34481251

elaine

more sightseeing venues

www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk

http://www.aboutbritain.com/LinleySambourneHouse.htm and
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/linleysambour...al/default.asp

www.dickensmuseum.com

www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

www.chelseaphyusicgarden.co.uk

Chelsea Flower show
http://www.rhs.org.uk/around/shows/chel.asp

http://theatremuseum.vam.ac.uk

St Paul's (Actors') Church
http://www.coventgardenlife.com/sigh...uls_church.htm

sights in Hampstead
www.smoothhound.co.uk/london/nw3.html

Sherlock Holmes museum
http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/

www.spencerhouse.co.uk/tourist.htm

http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/

http://www.museum-london.org.uk

www.westminster-abbey.org/

www.parliament.uk